R₁ = Θ; R₂ = Δ(Θ)
Refrains return unchanged while context changes.
The two end-rhyme families are /iːm/ and /aɪt/.
The shutter gives the afternoon a seam.
A tailor lays his measuring tape in light.
The cutter gives the afternoon a dream.
The needle turns blue stitches to a stream.
The pattern leaves a passage through the white.
The shutter gives the afternoon a seam.
The scraps collect beneath a tilted beam.
A sleeve unfolds its elbow into flight.
The cutter gives the afternoon a dream.
The customer asks whether cloth can seem
to hold the shape of someone out of sight.
The shutter gives the afternoon a seam.
The tailor lets the iron release its steam.
He leaves a little fullness at the right.
The cutter gives the afternoon a dream.
Unfastened buttons catch the window’s gleam;
the unfinished coat can take another night.
The shutter gives the afternoon a seam.
The cutter gives the afternoon a dream.
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